The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONI think if women would indulge more freely in vituperation, they would enjoy ten times the health they do. It seems to me they are suffering from repression.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Whatever the theories may be of woman’s dependence on man, in the supreme moments of her life he can not bear her burdens.
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The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.
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I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science.
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Eve tasted the apple in the Garden of Eden in order to slake that intense thirst for knowledge that the simple pleasure of picking flowers and talking to Adam could not satisfy.
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One remarkable fact stands out in the history of witchcraft; and that is, its victims were chiefly women. Scarce one wizard to a hundred witches was ever burned or tortured.
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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
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I think if women would indulge more freely in vituperation, they would enjoy ten times the health they do. It seems to me they are suffering from repression.
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[On women’s role in the home:] Every wife, mother and housekeeper feels at present that there is some screw loose in the household situation.
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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one’s self- sovereignty.
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With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?
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Heavenly Father and Mother, make us thankful for all the blessings of this life, and make us ever mindful of the patient hands that oft in weariness spread our tables and prepare our daily food. For humanity’s sake, Amen.
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Woman’s discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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